ABBI Blog

A global survey of avian tissue resources, authored by Mark Stoeckle and Kevin Winker, appears in the July 2009 issue of The Auk. The survey identifies over 317,000 specimens in 29 collections representing 7,226 species (73% of world birds). This is the first global compilation of genetic resources for ... [more]

An important practical application of COI barcoding is identifying bird strike specimens. Knowledge of the species involved enables targeted programs to reduce their presence near airfields and is used by engineers to improve aircraft design. As the examples below illustrate, birdstrikes may cause serious damage.

ABBI goes online Aug 10th 2006. The majority of features are already working on the site. The main item to note is that the species as listed on the site have not yet had a regional working group assigned to them so the details of the progress reports for each ... [more]